"I wonder how, among the Fremont, mothers and daughters shared their world. Did they walk side by side along the lake edge? What stories did they tell while weaving strips of bulrush into baskets?"
"How did daughters bury their mothers and exercise their grief? What were the secret rituals of women? I feel certain they must have been tied to birds."
Terry Tempest Williams reflects on the intimate lives of Fremont women, imagining their daily experiences and the bonds they shared. She questions the rituals and traditions that might have connected women to nature, especially birds, highlighting a sense of mystery and reverence in their cultural practices.